{"nrhp_refnum":"72000836","name":"Second Baptist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"36 Vassar St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Poughkeepsie","county":"Dutchess County","state":"NY","lat":41.70642643900004,"lon":-73.93107386799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Greek Revival church building at 36 Vassar Street (corner of Mill Street) in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, also known as the Vassar Temple. It has a wooden upper story on a brick base and a pedimented Doric portico on the east facade.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a vigorous local example of the Greek Revival style, based on designs from an 1833 builders' guide. Few Greek Revival buildings remain in Poughkeepsie because many were demolished for the North/South Arterial. The site also has a layered history of congregations, including use as a synagogue known as the Vassar Temple.","narrative":"Built in the Greek Revival style, this church at 36 Vassar Street in Poughkeepsie is a rectangular building with a low gabled roof, wooden flush-board walls with pilasters, and a brick base. A pedimented portico with four heavy wood Doric columns marks the east facade, and stained glass windows line the long sides. The design is described as a local interpretation of plans in a builders' guide published in 1833. The site was sold in 1838 by the Vassar family to a group of Presbyterian dissenters, later passed to a Congregational church, and eventually to a Jewish congregation, when the building was known as the Vassar Temple. An early tower has since been removed. Few Greek Revival buildings survive in Poughkeepsie because many were cleared for the North/South Arterial, which adds to the importance of this example. It remains in religious use.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent and unaltered condition, occupied and in religious use; the church was being scraped and painted in 1971.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.62634-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/72000836.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000836/b769a9029d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000836/b769a9029d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Second_Baptist_Church,_Poughkeepsie,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Second_Baptist_Church,_Poughkeepsie,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"87000812","name":"Mill Street-North Clover Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/mill-street-north-clover-street-historic-district-boundary-increase-87000812/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317466","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Baptist_Church_(Poughkeepsie,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2263779"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/dutchess-county/second-baptist-church-72000836/"}